Germans should blame Moscow and not Berlin for high energy prices, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said in an interview published on Friday. He claimed the embargo against Russia was necessary for defending Europe from “imperialism.”

A Ukrainian artillery strike on Tokmak in Zaporozhye Region, Russia has killed multiple people, including two children, Governor Evgeny Balitsky confirmed on Saturday. Tokmak is a small town 50km from the Dnieper. The river currently divides the Russian and Ukrainian-controlled areas of the region, which joined Russia following a referendum in 2022.

The Russian Defense Ministry confirmed on Friday that an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) test had been carried out from the Kapustin Yar range in Astrakhan Region.  According to the Russian military, the Strategic Missile Forces “successfully launched ICBM of a mobile ground-based missile system” from the interservice test facility near Volgograd. The test was successful…